Villaraigosas coming west?

Copley News city hall reporter David Zahniser reports in today's Breeze that Mayor Villaraigosa wants to move his family into Getty House after all. The official residence at 6th and Irving in Windsor Square (near Hancock Park) has not been occupied by a mayor since Tom Bradley. Villaraigosa had said earlier he might use it mainly for official functions and as a second home. Zahniser got hold of a July 26 memo to the Getty House board of directors and certain city officials saying "the family wishes to move into Getty House. The Mayor's Office will issue a formal announcement -- until then, please keep this information to yourself." The memo from Getty House executive director Susan Caputo was followed with another two weeks ago in which she "described preparations for the arrival of the Villaraigosa family -- and asking everyone to 'keep this quiet' until an official announcement is made." Yeah, I guess that didn't work. Villaraigosa's spokeswoman Janelle Erickson would tell the Breeze only that "Mayor Villaraigosa and his family are still considering whether to use the Getty House as their residence." They now live in Mount Washington.

Also in the Breeze: LAX will spend $200,000 to relocate ninety-two palm trees that PO'd the neighbors.

11:54 AM Thursday, September 15 2005 • Link
More by tag: Politics
Email or share:
© 2003-2008   •  About LA Observed  •  Contact the editor
LA Biz Observed
5:16 PM Fri | Federal regulators have issued a cease-and-desist order that requires the Newport Beach-based thrift to raise capital.
12:43 PM Fri | The actor has agreed to pay $660,000 to settle IRS claims that he improperly deducted personal expenses.
Featured bloggers at LA Observed
TJ Sullivan | American humorists — The new journalists.
Deanne Stillman | George Bush compares the "angry left" with the North Vietnamese, but it's the angry right that made McCain cry uncle.
Nancy Rommelmann | This is one time I think the candidate should step down to spend more time with her family. A cursory...
Phil Wallace | USC and UCLA both start their football seasons with impressive wins over southern opponents.
Sponsors
Jewish Journal logo
California Wellness Foundation
Playa Vista ad
Premium Blogads

 
Books, Blogs & Events

Get RSS Feeds
of LA Observed
LA Observed publishes several Real Simple Syndication feeds for easy scanning of headlines. If you wish to subscribe to a feed, most popular RSS readers will do it for you. You can also enter the web address from the XML button below or click on a specific feed. For more help with RSS, try here or here.




Add to Google